This is one of the truly great volleyball movies of all time. Not that I can think of any other volleyball movies that were released. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed it when I first saw it. Remember, this came out in 1990, so of course it may not be up to par with todays standards of movies, but the same could be said about the original Star Wars trilogy. This movie is what got me into volleyball back in the day (my high school years). I'd recommend it to anyone. In fact, it comes out on DVD in early July. It's at least worth the rent! I'd give it 9 out of 10 stars.
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The Matrix Revolutions
(2003)
They should have stopped after the first Matrix movie...
6 November 2003
Warning: Spoilers
After I was let down by Reloaded, I knew ahead of time not to get my hopes up for Revolutions. I'm glad I didn't. Not only did this movie not answer most of the questions Reloaded presented us, but it added it's own unexplained and often nonsensical questions. If you are looking to see a movie for stunning visual effects or purely for actions scenes that will get your adrenaline pumping, Revolutions is the way to go. But I also enjoy the STORY of a movie from time to time, and Revolutions failed to deliver.
***MAJOR SPOILERS***
***YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED***
Here are the problems I had with the movie (in no particular order at all). Please, if anyone can answer these, please do as it may help me enjoy the movie more if some of my questions are answered.
1) They never explained WHY Neo was suddenly able to affect (ie blow up) the machines in the "real world".
2) Why weren't they able to detect Neo when he was in The Matrix? He was laying on the table (not jacked into the Matrix), yet Morphius and Trinity went into the Matrix and rescued him. Link and the others on the ship were unable to detect Neo in the Matrix. Why? There was no explaination...
3) Why did Neo let Smith win the fight at the end of the movie? Why did he let Smith "copy" himself onto Neo? At one people Smith asks, "Why do you continue to get up and fight?" to which Neo replied, "Because I choose to." Ok, that seemed like a fitting quote. But then he suddenly decides to give up the fight and let Smith win? Why? Why didn't he just do that to begin with?
4) Why was The Oracle able to "affect" Agent Smith? At the end of the movie, remember when Smith says "Every beginning has an end." and then he didn't understand why he said that? I took that to mean The Oracle was somehow speaking through Smith. So why was she able to do this? Were other people able to do this as well?
5) Reloaded introduced the whole "choice-ology" or "choice vs. destiny" philospohy into The Matrix, which pretty much rendered the original Matrix as a waste of time. As I understand it, everything in the first Matrix movie was pre-programmed. All the "choices" Neo (and others) made were pre-determined, which basically invalidates the whole movie.
6) They never answered the question of "who the mother of the Matrix was" that the Architect brought up in Reloaded. "If I am the father of The Matrix, then she is undoubtably the mother of The Matrix" (paraphrasing there). To which Neo says, "You mean The Oracle." To which, the Architect replies, "Please..." So, who was the mother of the Matrix? Was it the Oracle or not?
7) The whole "Train man" (as well as the Key Maker from Reloaded) thing was stupid. I think they (the W. Bros.) were trying to give programs more human-ality so they would be more accepted to those who were plugged into The Matrix. I thought it was just kind of stupid. Made no sense.
8) They never explained who Smith was able to duplicate himself.
9) Who was Neo able to see "light" after his eyes got fried?
10) What happened to "The twins"? I thought they were supposed to be a major part in the movie. Or Persiphone for that matter. What was he role?
11) In Reloaded, all the predicessors before Neo chose the "safe" door, which was to let their love die so that Zion would be saved. And the Matrix would be reloaded. Why did they choose this? What made Neo so different as to risk losing Zion and saving Trinity?
12) Why did The Architect even allow a Zion to begin with? As I understood it, Zion was part of the design of The Matrix. There needed to be a Zion (a place for those who were released from the Matrix to retreat to). But why? The Architect could have easily nuked Zion and The Matrix would still have been working. They still had people plugged into the Matrix. Except now they wouldn't have to worry about them getting unplugged. Again, this makes no sense.
I could go on and on, but I am sure by now some of you have seen the same holes and flaws in the movie that I have. I would rate this movie a 10 on pure action sequences, but maybe a 3 on story. Like I said, they should have stopped after the first Matrix...
***MAJOR SPOILERS***
***YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED***
Here are the problems I had with the movie (in no particular order at all). Please, if anyone can answer these, please do as it may help me enjoy the movie more if some of my questions are answered.
1) They never explained WHY Neo was suddenly able to affect (ie blow up) the machines in the "real world".
2) Why weren't they able to detect Neo when he was in The Matrix? He was laying on the table (not jacked into the Matrix), yet Morphius and Trinity went into the Matrix and rescued him. Link and the others on the ship were unable to detect Neo in the Matrix. Why? There was no explaination...
3) Why did Neo let Smith win the fight at the end of the movie? Why did he let Smith "copy" himself onto Neo? At one people Smith asks, "Why do you continue to get up and fight?" to which Neo replied, "Because I choose to." Ok, that seemed like a fitting quote. But then he suddenly decides to give up the fight and let Smith win? Why? Why didn't he just do that to begin with?
4) Why was The Oracle able to "affect" Agent Smith? At the end of the movie, remember when Smith says "Every beginning has an end." and then he didn't understand why he said that? I took that to mean The Oracle was somehow speaking through Smith. So why was she able to do this? Were other people able to do this as well?
5) Reloaded introduced the whole "choice-ology" or "choice vs. destiny" philospohy into The Matrix, which pretty much rendered the original Matrix as a waste of time. As I understand it, everything in the first Matrix movie was pre-programmed. All the "choices" Neo (and others) made were pre-determined, which basically invalidates the whole movie.
6) They never answered the question of "who the mother of the Matrix was" that the Architect brought up in Reloaded. "If I am the father of The Matrix, then she is undoubtably the mother of The Matrix" (paraphrasing there). To which Neo says, "You mean The Oracle." To which, the Architect replies, "Please..." So, who was the mother of the Matrix? Was it the Oracle or not?
7) The whole "Train man" (as well as the Key Maker from Reloaded) thing was stupid. I think they (the W. Bros.) were trying to give programs more human-ality so they would be more accepted to those who were plugged into The Matrix. I thought it was just kind of stupid. Made no sense.
8) They never explained who Smith was able to duplicate himself.
9) Who was Neo able to see "light" after his eyes got fried?
10) What happened to "The twins"? I thought they were supposed to be a major part in the movie. Or Persiphone for that matter. What was he role?
11) In Reloaded, all the predicessors before Neo chose the "safe" door, which was to let their love die so that Zion would be saved. And the Matrix would be reloaded. Why did they choose this? What made Neo so different as to risk losing Zion and saving Trinity?
12) Why did The Architect even allow a Zion to begin with? As I understood it, Zion was part of the design of The Matrix. There needed to be a Zion (a place for those who were released from the Matrix to retreat to). But why? The Architect could have easily nuked Zion and The Matrix would still have been working. They still had people plugged into the Matrix. Except now they wouldn't have to worry about them getting unplugged. Again, this makes no sense.
I could go on and on, but I am sure by now some of you have seen the same holes and flaws in the movie that I have. I would rate this movie a 10 on pure action sequences, but maybe a 3 on story. Like I said, they should have stopped after the first Matrix...
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